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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN K Be it known that "I, ELI MURIHS, Jr., of New Haven, in the county of New Haven, 4and State of Connecticut,

`have invented a new Improvement in Saw Handles; and I do hereby declare the following,when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in

Figure I, a side view.

Figure 2, a rear end View.

Figure 3, a section on line z 2:; and in Figure 4,a top view. 4

My invention relates to an improvement in thelconstruction and attachment of saw handles to the saw, whereby I am enabled toy form the handle from metal but little heavier than the ordinary wood handle, and at much less cost g and that others skilled in the art may be enabled to construct my improvement, I will proceed to describe the same as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

The saw represented in iig. I, is of that kind commonly used for sawing metals. A is the frame, B the handle, C the saw secured in the frame in any convenient or well-known manner. Heretofore the handle formed of wood has been attached to a shank formed upon the frame at some convenient point, which from constant use is soonA broken or otherwise injured so as to require replacement. This difficulty exists in all small saws, especially in butchers and in back saws; the handle is necessarily formed more or less across the grain of the wood so that it is very easily broken, and if. not `broken the manner of attachment by rivets renders it diiicult to keep the handle rm upon the saw. By my improvement these objections or diculties are ventirely overcome. I forni the frame A, with one-half the handle B', (see fig. 4,) from one piece of metal, preferring malleable iron. The handle is formed hollow, as thin as may be, as denoted by the red line, fig. 1 and tig. 4, or in section'flg. 3; then separately form the other part, B, of the handle to correspond to the part B then rivet or otherwise secure the two parts of the handle together, as seen in iigs. 2 and 4, thus forming a hollow handle solidly upon the frame of the saw, and at much less cost than wood handles, and a handle which is not easily broken. This handle I prefer to finish by a fine coat ofja-pan. The form ofthe handle may differ in different classes of saws, the one illustrated being, as before stated, more particularly designed for rmetal cr butchers saws. If for back saws, the handle is formed in like manner from the same piece as the back.

Having, therefore, thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,l is- Constructing the handle of a saw frame of metal integral for the most part with the frame, and joined by riveting or otherwise to another separate piece to complete the whole as set forth.

ELI MORRIS, JR. Witnesses:

A. J. TIEBITS,

JOHN H. SHUMWAY. 

